wife marty moscow nine a heavy police presence on the streets of the cypriot capital crowds as you can see there a gathering wife right now angered by their country's uncertain future is a live pictures from the can see it provided video agency rather you can follow him online as well going to our correspondent live to talk about that next also headlining as well cyprus officials and euro crowds to settle moscow to try to thrash out a three way rescue as the island cvs over those shattered banks in a cold shoulder from europe all the night's big story is a rocket attack on israel's modern visit to the region as he meets palestinian leader mahmoud abbas with prospects of the trip bringing stability is still a distant hope we follow up the story of our correspondent. and the united nations is to investigate the alleged deadly chemical attack in aleppo after demands for

a probe from both the syrian government and the opposition if you cues each other of the assault. very good evening says r t live at nine money kevin would be with us the top story the news you just heard cypriot serafin the squeeze with angry crowds now pressing on parliament to denounce a nationwide bank shutdown and potential job cuts thousands have been cut off from their life savings and many see them expect them to vanish after you threaten to cut cyprus off from emergency funds that off the island nation rejected that unprecedented brussels tax on bank deposits go live to test for said issues in parliament notice either angry crowds behind you there or just listing it before we went live now making a lot of noise they are that angry describe the sea. well yes emotions are

really running high i saw several people who were hysterical the police were having some bottles of water to them because they really really were very angry at the chanting that they are saying they're saying to leave the bank alone and that's one of the two biggest bags of cyprus that is in trouble at the center of this whole financial crisis here in cyprus and they are staff members and family members of the bank staff and there are afraid that the government may decide to close down the back altogether or resort to job cuts. different figures coming out but for now they're just worried about the possibility of being there telling the government do not at all do this already cyprus is seeing a huge liquidity crunch a cash problems cash flow problems here we know that the european central bank has given an ultimatum to the country that they will only provide funding to cyprus until monday the twenty fifth the march and after that they will only continue to do so if there is an e.u. or i.m.f. a program in the place so that is also open beer what the cypriots have been doing

today they went out into the streets early in the morning to the a.t.m. machines trying to get hold of us much cash as they can already some people have told me that be a limit on the the amount of money that they could get had gone down and also we've seen we've talked to shop owners who are now not accepting credit cards only cash and some are even offering discounts a ten percent discount if you pay in cash gas stations that we went to now also only accept cash and bottom line is that there really is a cash flow problem and until banks open they really are not sure what they're about to do and the serious as far as opinion goes there's a poll here that says that ninety one percent of the population rejected that initial back deposit levy and about sixty seven percent favor an exit from the euro zone or cooperation with russia and so you can you can really feel that there is a distrust now disappointment towards europe and again as far as they concerned they're concerned the main problem now is how to get through to next week how are

they going to have enough. money to go about their daily jobs and and i do ask them but the banks may open next week and they asked me back well what if it doesn't so this uncertainty is certainly was keeping emotions high over here just as you were talking i was looking at to your left a lot of the news guys if you showed a kind of run off towards the left is that a particular. yeah well that's where the crowd is and that's where the riot police are standing and i think some people really really getting very emotional from what i can see there's somebody speaking in the crowd so we can still hear the chanting they're chanting the same thing and sometimes there are some parliamentarians who actually go over there and talk to the crowd and that's what gets them really riled up. to say thank you very much about you for the course of the evening appreciated well for more now on how the supreme parliament is reacting to this crisis is part of chris just messes he's an m.p. for the left new forces party he told us why nicosia turn to moscow and away from the e.u. . it was the mentality troika. come again

and again in every country in which they try this cold he says with these unfit and human. and the problems and the question is where and when are they going to stop and it seems to us that they will and so we suggest that we. make sure we have today suggested a good thing to do is to look. at the most guns and to try and find a better program then we are confident that it can be safe and reliable. thing to do keep keep negotiating we've got which cut showed us that we cannot accept them to be reliable and it seems that the end may be somewhere me out of taking control.

which is something that a lot this is what we all the people of cyprus at the moment comes think of why. the behavior of the troika is the way he has been in the last nine months and exactly in the last week even even even. or i'm going to talk with the cypriot finance ministers a visit to moscow but just let's take a look at the shoulders maybe these are pictures maybe we'll take them full frame just for a second or two we got a nice shot of what's happening there now hopefully we can bring the sound feed it is a lot of angry people there tonight live pictures from artie's new video agency ruptly the protesters are said to be obviously frustrated and angry by the closure of the banks for a few more days yet and rumors of course now as is kicking in potential blankets millions of savers access their accounts all three worrying time for them because of the nationwide shut. to open bank steve massive recapitalization of course and that's what they're trying to sort out now right let's go back to that visit the

cypriot finance minister is in moscow as a set to. have talks to try to save the offshore banking help from bankruptcy it is crunch time for the stakes are high with speculation that cyprus could offer natural gas exploration rights now to help secure russian help time is running out for the other nations twiddling cash reserves push it towards default this side of the story tonight is a big story r.t.c. go piskun off. the cypriot finance minister is explained that the country doesn't need a new loan from russia but it needs investment in exchange for this investment it's ready to offer shares in its banking and energy sector the minister has been in moscow for the last few days in negotiating with russian officials so far he says there's been no official offer but he stressed that he's not leaving until an agreement is reached in the meantime a delegation of senior european union officials is also in the russian capital including the head of the european commission jos amount of barros of course they're also discussing the crisis in cyprus and earlier russia's prime minister

dmitry did if i said really strong words to say about the situation but. so far the e.u. together with the cyprus parliament have unfortunately acted like a bull in a china shop i think all possible mistakes which could have been made in the situation have been made slow enough bustled middle of the prime minister didn't stop there he also compared the european union's officials approach to the crisis to powell soviet authorities dealt with the private funds of soviet citizens meaning the expropriation of private property of course all this is happening after cyprus rejected the bailout plan proposed by brussels and mostly the so-called droid of investors which included taxing private bank accounts the country is still on the verge of bankruptcy there is unconfirmed speculation that the cypriot calment is a looking at an alternative plan to get out get out of the crisis which may even allegedly include getting out of the eurozone altogether with time is running out

for the country and its president said that a decision must be made before the end of the day and for more on all this i'm now joined by the editor in chief of the business new york magazine ben heiress mr ayres thank you very much for joining me and well about this latest speculation it's really unconfirmed reports but theoretically how possible is it for cyprus to actually get out of the euro zone and what consequences may this have the can happen. being pushed into a corner they've been told to come up with five point eight billion dollars and they have got it and they hear him us going to go shares with the russians trying to raise the money but then if the russians say no then they simply haven't got the money and then come monday then they run out of money the system goes into meltdown and how do you get out of that i mean you. make on your a big ations and you leave the euro zone is a very possible scenario so i personally says that it's not looking for a loan from russia but earlier the head of the euro group said that if russia gave

a loan to cyprus then it would do it would just destabilize the whole situation. too big of a loan for cyprus to handle so is this a sign that something like that is fair to say or is it a sign that european officials are just simply in opposition to russia trying to get involved in resolving it saying there's a lot of rhetoric flying around over this this whole case it's become highly emotive and people seem to you know lost their sense of balance when commenting on it and it also seems a bit rich to come from western european powers to say that you know they haven't sustainable debt when most of those countries are laboring under a hundred percent g.d.p. debt to g.d.p. which is under the musketeer also unsustainable i think the issue here is that you know cyprus needs to raise some money but the e.u. is saying on the one hand we're not going to give you more than ten billion dollars for the seventeen you say you need and on the other hand but you can't go to the russians to raise it either and so it seems to me that they're almost precipitating

a crisis it's doesn't make any sense. it's a big story we're following tonight for you will be across those pictures of course more live video news agency if you want to keep across them it's at r.t. dot com we'll return back to the bit later see that's panning out a couple minutes time when you know today the palestinian leader mahmoud abbas has been hosting talks with the u.s. president barack obama who's on his first ever visit to the west bank palestinians were left underwhelmed by the meeting saying obama avoided the most grave obstacles to peace in the region barbour's trip spin overshadowed by reports of a garzon rocket attack on israel came after his meeting there on the wednesday with prime minister benjamin netanyahu artie's paul asleep as the latest on the story. well it's not such a large crowd and to bomb the protestors here in ramallah but the same time and be express chair already perfective of the general mood on the palestinian street and what people here have been chanting is a bomb that if you're not black they've also been chanting that the occupation is like a snake and america is the head of the snake they're also saying that this is

a nation that cannot be defeated not been talking to several people and what they've been telling me is that first and foremost through this visit a bomb is made quite clear that america's support is for israel they complain that he's been talking to these radios hearing the israelis point of view and then ultimately putting forward the israeli position when it comes to peace negotiations with the palestinians we don't expect anything from obama he met netanyahu or yesterday in israel and he didn't see one would allow honest are lots of the palestinians they do want this visit is just for supporting israel obviously they're not considering the palestinians at all we don't welcome a bomber in palestine he's a partner in killing us palestinians there are prisoners who are on a hunger strike in israeli prisons and he doesn't care about them or about this nation. the united states is standing against any attempts to move the peace process forward the last one was the american veto and they refused to let us be part of the united nations this american government that supports terrorism

globally they're killing the syrian nation and the african nations and all around the world this coming on the second day of the american president barack obama's visit to the region certainly a bomb so far is speaking primarily to the israeli public and he admitted as much last night after he met with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu he said that his goal is to talk to the israelis he's spoken about the importance of israeli security and he's also committed american financial assistance to israel particularly in terms of military programs beyond two thousand and seventeen when the current contracts in expire now these. very little mention so far of the palestinians of the peace process of the continued israeli settlement expansion and this is in stark contrast to the speech the president gave back in two thousand and nine in cairo when he said that one of his priorities in terms of his foreign policy was resolving the palestinian issue having said that though there is

a lot of mistrust between the bomb and the ten yahoo there is a lot of areas of disagreement they certainly don't see eye to eye on the issue of iraq and here we have mr yahoo continuing to call for a military strike while obama continues to say that all options are on the table and that there is still time for diplomacy so certainly in this what we see is that despite the p.r. efforts there is no running away from the fact that netanyahu still holds firm to israeli commitment even if it means turning his back on his close allies we here in this clip israel can never see right to defend ourselves to others even to the greatest of our friends the palestinian position is that they needs to be a return to nine hundred sixty seven borders there needs to be a halt in construction of settlements and in this respect the anticipation and at least the analysis on the ground is that obama is not going to push these radios but rather push the palestinians to meet these radio demands but we always try to

bring in many and varied views scott blakeman is co-host so the standard for pre-show in new york he thinks the palestinians have been given a chance for a peaceful life. we should encourage and applaud when the palestinians move towards going through the united nations after all that's how the state of israel was created was through the united nations so we should pursue diplomacy everywhere and you know the problem is anybody who sticks to the status quo. you know is not in favor of a good life for israelis and palestinians the only way that israelis can trust or is it palestinians for us i think. the best partner israelis can hope for and i think that you know this is been it's really been twelve years since they've been serious peace negotiations and that to me is just you know terrible is no excuse for mahmoud abbas said earlier today that he recognizes the state of israel i mean there's no excuse not for both parties and really three parties the united states really can play a major role in this. you know you think it's not the big stories of the day tell

us what you think about real intentions israel. is the place to do it take a look at the voting if you have already. and it's been pretty much like this all day way way and we normally some of quite split rarely do you see this much of a majority but as you can see seventy percent say you think it's a p.r. stunt that will achieve nothing ninety percent this way to keep israel from attacking around seven percent paying lip service only to palestine and four percent attempts to resume peace talks let us know what you think still plenty of time to do it let's take shots from the news agency again she let's go back to cyprus to say those pictures just take a minute to see what's happening there we just heard from our correspondent at the scene tesser a silly she's saying crowds gathered we heard from the sound they were pretty angry and i guess every reason to be as well their savings on the line here we've seen some pushing and shoving already riot police ranks seem to be getting tighter there we saw a lot of press running off earlier on towards there where the crowds are gathering

and it looks pretty quiet at the moment with these things you never know what it might kick off protesters a say very angry and frustrated with the closure of the banks and now room a job cuts as well the a deadline to try and sort something out here fast approaching we're on top of those pictures you can be to see dot com is the place to be. oh. look at. science technology innovation all the latest developments from around russia we've got the future covered. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else you hear or see some other part of it and realize that everything is all. i'm tom harpur welcome to the big picture.

is he. chief ban ki moon has pledged to send a group of independent experts to syria to investigate an alleged chemical attack both the government and the opposition of call for such an investigation off the trading accusations as to who was behind the assault which killed thirty one people near the northern city of aleppo. has been following the developments. reports that

chemical weapons have been used in the. area of the aleppo province this is are not clear at the moment people were rushed to hospital after the attack few had visible wounds to their bodies but some of they were clearly suffering from some breathing difficulties now the exams of the assaults were saying that they saw other people falling to the floor dying witnesses have confirmed to r.t. that people have been suffering from effects of what seems to be some sort of gas back. from. you here. where you're. over. now who could be behind this attack both assad's forces and rebels are pointing the finger of blame each other but the rockets reportedly fell in areas controlled by the government the syrian rebels have long tried to overrun the weapons plant located

in the very same area you can see it on the map right there aleppo and then also fear that is the place where some of the country's chemical stockpile is said to be stored in fact the syrian government said in december that rebel forces plundered supplied of chlorine gas and some time ago this video was posted online showing animals purportedly being killed with chemicals those behind this footage affiliated themselves with assad's opponents and threaten to do the same with those who support the syrian president yet all of this evidence doesn't seem to convince president obama deeply skeptical. any claim that in fact it was the opposition that used chemical weapons and interesting use of the word skeptical with the stakes being so high one of the biggest concerns for all is the scenario where syria's chemical arsenal falls into the hands of extremists fighters among opposition forces as history has shown there are examples when fighters supported by the west have eventually turned their arms against their backers now let's for

just a moment imagine that extremists among the rebel fighters could get hold of chemical weapons how bad could the longer the tags for example of two thousand and five have been if that was the case we've already seen images of a chemical attack on a subway in a huge city in one thousand nine hundred five in tokyo by religious sect now imagine a similar scenario was staged by people who work throughout the conflict in syria initially supported by the west is general in charge of overseeing grantham obey says the hunger strike among prisoners shows the for straighted with the government's failure to close the facility there were the detainees lawyers say it's over abuse and the description of the qur'an the number of participants acknowledged by the pentagon has now risen to twenty five but attorneys maintain it's more than one hundred is going to come as the latest. what we see here is a small protest in front of the white house one tom all has been out of the media spotlight for a while now you don't see much coverage on major u.s. news channels even with the hunger strike going on there right now so these people

are trying to draw attention to the detainees more than fifty lawyers representing the president sent a letter to defense secretary chuck hagel urging him to help in that letter they said the participants health had deteriorated alarmingly and some had lost more than twenty or thirty pounds that is nine to fourteen kilograms medical experts say by day forty five participants can experience potential blindness and potential loss of hearing so what prompted these people to resort to such a desperate move i was a consultant on if you were the case. those men would tell their attorney basically i don't want to talk your words your words you i don't want to know the date i'm going to get out of here but there are. all. oh oh oh many of the detainees have come to believe and this is what they say we've heard this from their lawyers that the only way out of guantanamo for them is in a coffin in january department shut down the office that was working to close

guantanamo more than half of those detainees are sitting there with papers from the u.s. clearing them for with yet with no hope that they're ever going to be free again the officials are certainly trying to downplay the hunger strike but they're pressed for answers and they sure know what's going on and what cost the strike in the first place marine corps general john kelly and it's his command that oversees guantanamo he was testifying in congress this wednesday he said the prisoners had launched the hunger strike because they're frustrated take a listen they had great optimism that guantanamo would be closed they were devastated when the president did you know backed off at least their perception of closing the facility that has caused them to become frustrated and they want to get this i think turned you don't get it back in the media. on our part will continue to press officials for answers as the strike continues and involves more people in washington i'm going to check on. a story gets

a little attention in mainstream american media but hear it out see we've been following it from the getting as you well know if you've been following it with us we've got the timeline of events on our website as well as comments by you and a prison officials detainees lawyers and activists we invite you to head to r.t. dot com to get the full picture. twenty four minutes past nine o'clock at night moscow time world news in brief the first minister of scotland alex salmond has announced the referendum on scottish independence what will be held on the eighteenth of september next year voters will be asked a single yes or no question the question is should scotland become an independent country draft legislation outlining financial voting details of a reference today also published by the scottish parliament. gerard leader of kurds in turkey. and has called for a ceasefire with the governments of the message read out of tens of thousands of kurdish new year celebrations it follows months of secret negotiations with authorities and it's seen as a step towards ending the twenty nine year conflict that's left forty thousand people dead a week ago the kurdistan workers party the p.k. k.

made a symbolic gesture releasing a turkish hostages. exactly nine twenty five moscow time we appreciate you company ahead for you everyday life in iraq a decade after u.s. led forces invaded the country to post saddam hussein that program coming up next.

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now with your mobile device you can watch ati anytime anywhere. visiting the general hospital in fallujah is like living it was a nightmare. children with two heads tumors malformations missing limbs and macabre an unbearable little they say every family here is sheltering or hiding a deformed monstrous child. who. get away and the grandmother of my daughter cries all day long it but she hopes to see her daughter get better.

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